45 jobs found in massachusetts

About Roca Roca is a fast-paced, data-driven, and relentless organization that serves over 1,300 high-risk young people every year. Founded just outside of Boston in 1988, Roca operates a nationally acclaimed Intervention Model with five sites in Massachusetts and one in Baltimore, Maryland.    Over 33 years, Roca has learned that to impact urban violence, we must work directly with the young people and systems at the center of it. Roca’s Intervention Model engages this population of very high-risk young adults in an intensive four-year program to address trauma, teach life-saving cognitive-behavioral skills, and break the cycle of incarceration and poverty that traditional youth programs alone can’t break. And, because it takes all of us, Roca also helps institutions like police and state agencies change the way they work with young people who are traumatized and living at the intersection of gangs, drugs, poverty, violence, immigration challenges, and involvement with...

The Innovation Project Manager plays a critical role on Commonwealth’s Accelerator team to scale innovative solutions to support financially vulnerable people building financial security and opportunity.  This position is perfect for you if you have 3+ years of professional experience, you understand the role of the private and public sector in supporting financial security and you have experience effectively communicating and working with internal and external partners. Bringing exceptional project management skills, the Innovation Project Manager will work on multiple projects with a small team that is passionate about having a positive and scalable impact. Organization Overview: Commonwealth strengthens the financial opportunity and security of financially vulnerable people by discovering ideas, piloting solutions, and driving innovations to scale. For nearly two decades, Commonwealth has designed effective innovations, products, and policies enabling over a million...

The Boston Debate League seeks a new Executive Director – a visionary leader who will further advance its mission to integrate argumentation and competitive debate into public schools in Boston to develop critical thinkers ready for college, career, and engagement with the world around them. The Boston Debate League (BDL) was founded in 2005 to offer Boston’s students access to debate and the transformational skills it cultivates. Since then, this small non-profit has annually engaged hundreds of middle and high school students in after school competitive debate programs and thousands of K-12 students through sustained coaching for their teachers and school leaders. An ally of school systems as it works to bring debate-inspired learning into classrooms across all curricular areas, BDL has become ever more broadly influential. Through professional development activities for teachers and school leaders along with support for rigorous after school debate teams and competitions, BDL...

My First Place is an education and employment program developed nearly two decades ago by First Place for Youth. Envisioning a future where the disparities between foster youth and their non-foster peers have been eliminated, the My First Place program will be expanding to communities across the country, starting with HopeWell’s implementation in Boston. Through My First Place, youth receive stable, safe and affordable housing, community-based case management, and individualized education and employment support.  A team of staff including a Youth Advocate, an Education and Employment Specialist, and a Housing Specialist, support a youth in working towards healthy living, education, employment, and housing goals that the youth sets for himself/herself.  The Youth Advocate is a dynamic, collaborative and results-oriented service provider who will partner with 18-24-year-old transition-age foster youth to support them in their path to independence. This position requires a clinical...

Dimagi is seeking a Senior Director of Partnerships to support our leadership team in pursuing and securing new innovation opportunities, including new products, partnerships, and programs. Through these efforts, we aim to build upon Dimagi’s pre-existing experience by thoughtfully proposing and bringing new innovations to life, further accelerating our mission and impact. The Senior Director of Partnerships will be based out of Dimagi’s Office of the CEO, working closely with Dimagi’s senior leadership team, including Dimagi’s CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, Chief of Staff, Global Director of Marketing, and others. Together they will break into and grow Dimagi’s portfolio with targeted strategic partners, including multilateral organizations, iNGOs, and foundations. In this role, the Director will have the opportunity to rapidly utilize skillsets across multiple areas - including market research, fundraising, grant writing, strategy development and execution, executive...

The YouthSpeak Coordinator will implement a comprehensive teen dating abuse prevention program utilizing a peer educator model in area middle and high schools. The YouthSpeak Coordinator will work collaboratively with schools, community-based non-profit organizations, area youth programs, and communities to conduct education, create awareness, and ultimately work to prevent sexual/domestic violence and teen dating abuse.   Responsibilities include: Program Coordination and Delivery (YouthSpeak) (60-70%) Collaborate with area school districts to implement the YouthSpeak Healthy Relationship Education and Abuse Prevention Program. Promote YouthSpeak within partner schools to recruit students as peer educators. Onboard, train, and engage with 15-20 peer educators at each school (~4). Build and maintain positive relationships with students, teachers, school administrators, and community members to promote the YouthSpeak program and DOVE’s services....

The Event Planner and Administrative Assistant has a dual role of: Event Planner: Work as part of a team with the Director of Marketing & Philanthropy and the Senior Coordinator, Fundraising & Communications, to assist with all aspects of DOVE’s development events including PR, communications, and marketing activities. Manages the day-to-day operations of DOVE’s fundraising and development efforts to increase philanthropic support for DOVE’s work and contribute to the overall success of the organization. (~50-60%)   Administrative Assistant: Act as the general assistant for the Executive Director as well as DOVE’s Development and Administrative Teams. Provide assistance to the Executive Director, Director of Administration and Operations, Development Team, and the organization as a whole regarding office, administrative, and operational matters (~40-50%)   Responsibilities include: Events and Development (45-55%) Assist Director of...

Job Purpose The Community Advocate & LGBQ/T Outreach Coordinator is part of DOVE’s team of advocates responsible for the provision of services for individuals seen primarily through DOVE’s Community-Based program.  The Advocate will work with clients in both individual and group settings, providing crisis intervention, emotional support, advocacy, safety planning, and education on many issues related to domestic and dating violence.  The Advocate works in a team with other community-based advocates, attorneys, and interns, as well as shelter staff.  Further, the incumbent will conduct outreach to the LGBQ/T community of the South Shore, utilizing expertise on the specific needs of the queer and trans communities to serve as a liaison and foster partnerships with the community. While DOVE recognizes the role will likely closely intertwine with the employee’s identities, the expectation is not that they will bear responsibility for internal education within the...

The Community Advocate & Resource Specialist is part of DOVE’s team of advocates responsible for the provision of services for individuals seen primarily through DOVE’s Community-Based program.  The Advocate will work with clients in both individual and group settings, providing crisis intervention, emotional support, advocacy, safety planning, and education on many issues related to domestic and dating violence.  The Advocate works in a team with other community-based advocates, attorneys, and interns, as well as shelter staff.  This position is supported by and dependent on grant funds.  Responsibilities include: Community Advocacy/Direct Service Provision (60-70%) Provide emotional support, supportive counseling, advocacy, and assistance to survivors seen through DOVE’s community-based services. Includes conducting danger assessment and safety planning as well as connecting survivors with internal and external services (e.g., legal, housing, benefits,...

The Okoa Project connects people to the healthcare they need by collaborating with communities to engineer context specific solutions. Since its inception in 2016 at MIT and incorporation as a nonprofit in 2018, we have developed two motorcycle ambulance designs with community partners in Tanzania and Ghana and introduced processes, organization, and professionalism across the organization. Now as we continue to grow, we are gearing up to expand our Board of Directors.  Lack of transportation is one of the major reasons people around the world are unable to access medical care. In most rural areas, neither the funds nor the vehicles exist to navigate the terrain to the clinic without exacerbating the patient’s health issues. The exact number of fatalities, crippling injuries, and neglected treatments resulting from these problems are unknown, but the maternal mortality rates can show insights into the breadth of the problem: 830 women die of preventable pregnancy complications...

About the Executive Director Position Building on the success of a founding executive director who has led the organization for over a decade and established DRF/DRAF as unique global human rights funders, the new Executive Director (ED) will direct the next chapter of DRF/DRAF’s growth and maturation.  The ED will work to strengthen the organizations’ financial sustainability, lead the development of the next strategic plan, and create the future vision for these global participatory grantmakers as they actively grow and expand their impact and influence at global, regional, and national levels.  The ED will also further develop the organizational structure and systems that ensure a working environment in which all of the organizations’ personnel, including the many staff and governance members with disabilities, can thrive – an environment that models the radical inclusion and leadership of people with disabilities.   The ED will focus on positioning the Funds to continue...